Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast Is Beauty in the Eye of the Beholder?
Dec 31, 2025
The discussion explores whether beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder, drawing from biblical perspectives. It delves into the significance of loving God wholeheartedly and provides guidance on teaching this concept effectively. Additionally, it addresses how to explain the nature of faith to skeptics, using relatable analogies to distinguish belief from trust. Insightful anecdotes and practical advice bolster each topic, making for a thought-provoking conversation on beauty, love, and faith.
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Prioritize Virtue Over Physical Beauty
- Avoid making a child's physical beauty the central focus and instead applaud virtue and character development.
- Compliment appearance sparingly and emphasize behavior, industry, and self-discipline as primary virtues.
Beauty Has Objective Elements
- Beauty has both subjective cultural elements and objective features like symmetry that make it recognizable across cultures.
- Greg Koukl argues beauty exists in the world because God created it, not merely smeared on by observers.
Debate About 'Smearing' Beauty
- Greg recounts a debate with a philosophy professor who claimed beauty is something you "smear" onto objects.
- He imagined a retort about telling one's wife she's beautiful to expose that claim as absurd.